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camp of michigan. both gentlemen recognized the urgency of finding practical solutions for protecting seniors and taxpayers against easily preventable waste, fraud and improper payments and the ever increasing threat of identity theft. whenever someone in washington proposes a new idea for shrinking costs and saving precious taxpayer dollars, we usually receive a barrage of questions from people concerned that they have to do with less and possibly see services they depend upon kurt tailed in some -- curtailed in some way. this would kick-start a process that would allow congress to cut an estimated $60 billion a in improper and fraudulent medicare payments. while making sure seniors enrolled in the medicare program receive the care and treatment they have earned. we are attempting to cut costs without restricting access to care. specifically, this legislation authorizes a study by the government accounting office, examining the benefits of a proposed pilot program to modernize the medicare card that a
camp of michigan. both gentlemen recognized the urgency of finding practical solutions for protecting seniors and taxpayers against easily preventable waste, fraud and improper payments and the ever increasing threat of identity theft. whenever someone in washington proposes a new idea for shrinking costs and saving precious taxpayer dollars, we usually receive a barrage of questions from people concerned that they have to do with less and possibly see services they depend upon kurt tailed in...
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could be blizzard warnings for wisconsin, upper michigan, portions of northern iowa, later in the week as cold air comes in behind that, a lot of warm moist air from the gulf of mexico, could be severe weather down here. for us, that storm had pass to our west. it will eventually bring us colder conditions but until then mild air and rain here on thursday. right now, a few snow showers popping up north and west where it's cold enough but garrett county guaranteed to see pretty good snow. high pressure tomorrow gives us a nice day. here comes the storm wrapping around, windy and much colder by late in the day on thursday. we begin to see the rain here. friday the cold air comes in. garrett county. and areas west of us will be getting that lake effect snow. west winds 10 knots, small craft advisory still in effect for tonight. bay temp around 47. tonight down around 34. chilly overnight but still above our averages. partly cloudy skies, sunny to partly sunny, mild tomorrow, 53 degrees. rain later thursday, 48 down to 39. chilly and breezy on friday. snow showers north and west of us. 44
could be blizzard warnings for wisconsin, upper michigan, portions of northern iowa, later in the week as cold air comes in behind that, a lot of warm moist air from the gulf of mexico, could be severe weather down here. for us, that storm had pass to our west. it will eventually bring us colder conditions but until then mild air and rain here on thursday. right now, a few snow showers popping up north and west where it's cold enough but garrett county guaranteed to see pretty good snow. high...
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a lot of small family farms, farms in northern michigan wiped out. in my home state late freezes in the spring caused cherry producers to lose practically their entire crop right off the bat. it warmed up, the buds came out, then they had a deep freeze; killed everything. our growers produce 75% of the u.s. supply of cherries. that's around 270 million pounds. and the cherry producers experienced 98% loss. now in our amendment, in the disaster bill and in the farm bill, we give them some help because they spent the rest of the crop year this year having to pay to maintain the orchards and the frees, eating the costs and hoping the trees will bounce back next year and produce a crop. so they have all the costs of maintaining everything but no revenue coming in. cherry producers were also forced to fight spreading diseases like cherry leaf spot and bacterial tinker, making the trees even more costly to maintain and at risk of loss. they didn't just lose their crop this year. they had to invest a lot of money to save their orchards without having any do
a lot of small family farms, farms in northern michigan wiped out. in my home state late freezes in the spring caused cherry producers to lose practically their entire crop right off the bat. it warmed up, the buds came out, then they had a deep freeze; killed everything. our growers produce 75% of the u.s. supply of cherries. that's around 270 million pounds. and the cherry producers experienced 98% loss. now in our amendment, in the disaster bill and in the farm bill, we give them some help...
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host: brian from michigan on the independent line. caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this a great deal. area,om the lower detroit not a stranger to the declining work force. somebody said something, and i thought it was an interesting idea, and it might be unbelievably simplistic. but most of the companies that i know of, and i know of a lot of them, who have had tough times, and they are small companies, and they're tough time was not that they had a bad situation in the owner of the company, but that he did not have enough customers. if congress and the administration could get could be other -- could get together and have a standard, perhaps a sales tax is based on that. in other words, the american made product would have an advantage over the import. guest: that goes beyond the scope of this article. jim fallows has written about industrial policy in japan. there are various levers that a country, including the united states, can push in terms of tax policy, subsidies for investment in certain areas. the japanese did this very aggressively in the 198
host: brian from michigan on the independent line. caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this a great deal. area,om the lower detroit not a stranger to the declining work force. somebody said something, and i thought it was an interesting idea, and it might be unbelievably simplistic. but most of the companies that i know of, and i know of a lot of them, who have had tough times, and they are small companies, and they're tough time was not that they had a bad situation in the owner of the company,...
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my sister was killed off duty in michigan in october of 1994. >> i am here because my son was murdered may 10, 2007, in chicago, illinois, on a crowded bus. >> my sister was a freshman at virginia tech. she was only 18 years old. >> my father was a professor and taught civil engineering at virginia tech and he was killed on april 16, 2007. >> my name is john woods. my girlfriend was killed that virginia tech. -- at virginia tech. >> i was shot four times at virginia tech and survived. i'm here for the 32 that did not. >> i'm from chicago and my son was murdered on church grounds while coming outside of the church. i am pleading for our leaders to help us. >> i am here on behalf of my daughter who was murdered on march 30, 2010, on south capitol street. she was 16 years old and my only child, with an ak-47. >> i came here from phoenix, arizona. i lost my son seven years ago. thank you. >> i'm here to give a voice to my baby sister who was killed when she was 15 in salt lake city. >> my daughter was killed in salt lake city. i was also seriously injured in 2007. >> my name is peter reed.
my sister was killed off duty in michigan in october of 1994. >> i am here because my son was murdered may 10, 2007, in chicago, illinois, on a crowded bus. >> my sister was a freshman at virginia tech. she was only 18 years old. >> my father was a professor and taught civil engineering at virginia tech and he was killed on april 16, 2007. >> my name is john woods. my girlfriend was killed that virginia tech. -- at virginia tech. >> i was shot four times at...